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/ɛmbrˈɔɪdəri/ Listen

noun

Embroidery n. (pl. embroideries)

Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc.; also, the art of embroidering.

Diversified ornaments, especially by contrasted figures and colors; variegated decoration. "Fields in spring's embroidery are dressed." "A mere rhetorical embroidery of phrases."

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Etymology of 'Embroidery'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Embroidery" Quotes from Famous Books

... Godwin's home was a very small house in a monotonous little street; a garret served as bedroom for the two boys, also as the elder one's laboratory. Servant Mrs. Peak had none. She managed everything herself, as in the old Greenwich days, leaving Charlotte free to work at her embroidery. Godwin took turns with Oliver at ...

— Born in Exile • George Gissing

... returning from the church to the cit ouvrire, for upon these occasions nobody goes on foot. There were certainly a dozen christening parties, all well dressed, and the babies in the finest white muslin and embroidery. A very large proportion of the artisans here are Catholics, and as one instance among others of the liberality prevailing here, I mention that one of the latest donations of M. Dollfus is the piece of ground, close to the cit ...

— In the Heart of the Vosges - And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" • Matilda Betham-Edwards

... card. The small feminine restraints and gentlenesses of Regina, her quiet even voice, her serene grace of movement, had a pleasantly soothing effect on his mind after the anxieties of the last four and twenty hours. He looked at her bending over her embroidery, deftly and gracefully industrious—and drew his chair closer to her. She smiled softly over her work, conscious that he was admiring her, and placidly ...

— The Fallen Leaves • Wilkie Collins

... close, and with a single lick of his tongue swept the saucer dry of nutriment, and with hoarse barkings proceeded again to dance corybantically about, while Lady Ashbridge with faint cries of dismay waved her embroidery at him. Then, seeing his mistress coming out of the French window from the drawing-room, he bounded calf-like towards her, and Petsy, nearly sick with cream and horror, was gathered to ...

— Michael • E. F. Benson

... de Warens, "why, Cleo, what is the matter with you to-night? You who are never frightened. I'm not easily frightened, but I admit I almost said my prayers in that storm, and you, you were doing embroidery." ...

— The Beach of Dreams • H. De Vere Stacpoole

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